David Bowie
Alternate Candidate
Inside every teenage girl is a fountain (is a fountain)
Inside every young pair of pants, there's a mountain (there's a mountain)
Inside every mother's eyes, is Tommy Tinker's bed
Inside every candidate waits a Grateful Dead (Grateful Dead)

I'll make you a thing when I'm on my own
To relieve myself (to relieve myself)
Make it a thing
When I gazelle on stage to believe in myself (to believe in myself)
Make it a thing
To glance at windowpanes and look pleased with myself, yeah (and look pleased with myself)
And pretend I'm walking home

I took it so bad, I sat in the correctional (in the correctional)
Took me a fag and a kick in the moon (and a kick in the moon)
Well I ain't gonna suck no radar wing
'Cause inside this tin is tin
Would you like techno plate?
'Cause I'm your candidate (you're candidate)
Oh yeah

It's a matter of life
And the way you walk, you've got a brill green queen (a brill green queen)
'T's a matter of tact
In the things you talk that keeps his passport clean (keeps his passport clean)
A matter of fact
That a cock ain't a cock on a 12-inch screen (on a 12-inch screen)
So I'll pretend I'm walking home
Don't have to scream a lot
To keep an Asian tune (keep an Asian tune)
Don't have to scream a lot
To predict monsoons (monsoons)
You don't have to paint my contact black
Now I've hustled a pair of jeans
Do I have to give your money back
When I'm the fleur-de-lis? (fleur-de-lis)

Make you a deal
I'll say I came from Earth
And my tongue is cheap (and my tongue is cheap)
I'll make you a deal
You can get your kicks on the candidates (on the candidates)
I'll make you a deal
For your future's sake, I'm the candidate (I'm the candidate)
Let's pretend we're walking home

Uh-huh
Uh-huh
I'm a candidate (I'm a candidate)
I'm a candidate (I'm a candidate)
Oh now, for the candidate (now, for the candidate)